But, in Texas, where the Party hasn’t managed to elect a Democrat as governor or to the Senate in more than thirty years, it nominated its arguably stronger candidate for the general election, and slightly more people voted in the Democratic primary than in the Republican one. Among the Democrats, Talarico and Senator Jon Ossoff, of Georgia, have made a mark of late, by combining a personal style that includes outreach to moderates with strong talk about the problem of billionaires—it’s Bernie Sanders’s themes in a bipartisan package. In Texas, the runoff between Cornyn and Paxton could be nasty, featuring an enormous amount of money and, behind the scenes, two of the most powerful consultants on the center-right: Trump’s consigliere, Chris LaCivita, is helping to guide Cornyn’s campaign; and Jeff Roe, who has long been influential in Ron DeSantis’s orbit, is with Paxton.
Author: Ian Crouch
Published at: 2026-03-04 23:00:00
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